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do, adding, however, that I did not recollect of having seen 

 this form with erected sepals. In the summer of 1894, and 

 again in 1895, I paid particular attention to this form, which 

 is thinly but widely spread in Perthshire. The result of my 

 observations was that while it has a very great resemblance 

 in its characters to those variations of R. coriifolia which 

 have the serrations of the leaflets composite-glandular, and 

 whilst it also agrees in ripening its fruits early, yet it differs 

 in the important point that its sepals do not become erect. 

 The disarticulation at the base of the sepals is already so well 

 formed by the time the fruit begins to redden, which is late 

 in August or early in September, that a touch will in most 

 cases cause them to fall off. I forwarded many specimens 

 in both the second and third parcels, and in his last com- 

 munication Professor Crepin reports on the whole series as 

 follows : 



An Rosa coriifolia, Fries ? 



I. Leaves not glandular below. 

 14, from Mid Perth, West Perth, Stirling, Selkirk. 



II. Leaves more or less glandular below on principal veins. 

 8, from Mid Perth and East Perth. 



" The forms with leaflets not glandular below appear to 

 me to belong to the same group of variations as those with 

 the leaflets more or less glandular below. In both the fruits 

 are long, and the styles considerably tomentose. 



" I think that none of these numbers can be placed in 

 the group of R. tomentella, Lem. 



" What must one make of them ? These variations seem 

 to me to be very near to R. coriifolia, Fries. This would 

 seem to force us to place them in the group R. sub-collina, 

 Christ. Evidently it appears that they should be classed 

 in this very badly defined group of R. sub-collina ; but 

 I dare not venture, at this time, to decide upon their identi- 

 fication. Before deciding, I should like to see all these 

 specimens in flower as well as in fruit. In any case they 

 appear to me to constitute a very curious regional variety 

 (unc variete regionale bien curieux) which does not seem to me 



